15. stock a category consisting of language families that, because of resemblances in grammatical structure and vocabulary, are considered likely to be related by commonorigin.
28. stock a transverse piece of wood or metal near the ring on some anchors.
29. stock the raw material from which something is made.
30. stock the broth from boiled meat, fish, or poultry, used in soups and sauces.
31. stock any of several plants belonging to the genusMatthiola, of the mustard family, esp. M. incana, having fragrant flowers in a variety of colors.
Etymology: (bef. 900; OE stoc(c) stump, stake, c. ON stokkr tree trunk)
Definition of 'stock'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)stock the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownershipinterest (equity) "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
2. (noun)stock, inventory the merchandise that a shop has on hand "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"
3. (noun)stock, gunstock the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
4. (noun)stock certificate, stock a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year"
5. (noun)store, stock, fund a supply of something available for future use "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
6. (noun)lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock the descendants of one individual "his entire lineage has been warriors"
7. (noun)breed, strain, stock a special variety of domesticated animals within a species "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
8. (noun)broth, stock liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces "she made gravy with a base of beef stock"
9. (noun)stock the reputation and popularity a person has "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
10. (noun)stock, caudex persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennialplant
11. (noun)stock a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the rootpart of grafted plants
12. (noun)stock, gillyflower any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
25. (verb)stock, buy in, stock up amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particularoccasion or use "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"
26. (verb)stock provide or furnish with a stock of something "stock the larder with meat"
27. (verb)sprout, stock put forth and grow sprouts or shoots "the plant sprouted early this year"
1. (noun)stock a supply Stocks of chicken feed are running low.
2. stock the goods available in a store I'll see if we have any more of these in stock.; If the item you want is out of stock we will order it.
3. stock a flavored liquid used in cooking chicken/vegetable/beef stock
4. stock the value of all the shares of a company, or one share of this value The company's stock went up.; stocks and bonds
5. (verb)stock to have in a store available for people to buy We stock most brands of digital camera.
Definition of 'stock'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)stock used or employed for constantservice or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stocksermon
2. (noun)stock the stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk
3. (noun)stock the stem or branch in which a graft is inserted
4. (noun)stock a block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post
5. (noun)stock hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has littlesense
6. (noun)stock the principalsupporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached
7. (noun)stock the wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or likefirearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage
8. (noun)stock the handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace
15. (noun)stock money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former shares
17. (noun)stock supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions
18. (noun)stock domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock
19. (noun)stock that portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank
20. (noun)stock a thrust with a rapier; a stoccado
21. (noun)stock a covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upperstocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings)
31. (noun)stock a liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc
32. (verb)stock to lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like
33. (verb)stock to provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass
Sense: (often in plural) a store of goods in a shop, warehouse etc Buy while stocks last!; The tools you require are in / out of stock (= available / not available).
Definitions of stock 
Afrikaans: voorraad
Arabic: مُتَوَفِّر ، غَيْر مُتَوَ
Bulgarian: наличност
Brazilian: estoque
Czech: zásoba; sklad
German: der Vorrat
Danish: lager
Greek: απόθεμα
Spanish: existencias, stock
Estonian: kaubatagavara, ladu
Farsi: موجودي
Finnish: varasto
French: stock
Hebrew: מְלַאי
Hindi: भंडार, संचय, संग्रह
Croatian: roba, inventar
Hungarian: raktár(i készlet)
Indonesian: stok
Icelandic: birgðir
Italian: stock, merce
Japanese: 在庫
Korean: 재고
Lithuanian: atsargos, turimi daiktai
Latvian: pārdošanā/izpārdots
Malay: stok
Dutch: voorraad
Norwegian: lager, beholdning
Polish: zapas
Portuguese: fornecimento
Romanian: rezervă
Russian: запас; ассортимент
Slovak: zásoba; sklad
Slovenian: zaloga
Serbian: zalihe
Swedish: lager
Thai: คลังสินค้า
Turkish: satılık mal (stoku)
Taiwanese: 存貨
Ukrainian: асортимент
Urdu: دوکان میں چیزوں کا ذخیرہ
Vietnamese: kho dự trữ
Chinese: 存货
